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Call Menu - Strange Error

PostPosted: Thu Jun 05, 2014 2:14 am
by Nefariousparity
Call menu is giving me this strange error and no matter what option that I choose just hangs up call.

[Jun 5 00:10:38] WARNING[4479]: pbx.c:5783 pbx_builtin_background: Background requires an argument (filename)

Re: Call Menu - Strange Error

PostPosted: Thu Jun 12, 2014 10:54 pm
by williamconley
ViciBox.x86_64-5.0.3.preload.iso || 1.4.39.1-vici

This is not likely. If your value in "Admin->Servers->[choose server]->Asterisk Version" does not match the version returned from:
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asterisk -V
You may have found your problem. The 5.0.3 installer puts the wrong value in that field. It is more likely something like: 1.8.26.1-vici

Reboot after making the change and be sure Rebuild conf files has occurred before the reboot (so startup occurs with proper conf files in place already).

Re: Call Menu - Strange Error

PostPosted: Tue Jun 17, 2014 6:21 pm
by Nefariousparity
Thanks William, worked like a charm.

Re: Call Menu - Strange Error

PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 3:17 am
by dspaan
Hi there!

Sorry to bump this old thread but i'm getting this same error and in my case the asterisk version filled out under servers is the actual one. What else could be causing this? Found 3 hits on Google :-(

When i dial a DID that goes to an ingroup it works fine but when i point the DID to an Callmenu i get:

WARNING[2994][C-00000004]: pbx.c:11760 pbx_builtin_background: Background requires an argument (filename)


And then i get disconnected.

update: Turns out the menu prompt field cannot be empty, that's when you get this error as well. I used sip-silence to get past it.

Re: Call Menu - Strange Error

PostPosted: Mon Jul 16, 2018 2:45 pm
by williamconley
dspaan wrote:update: Turns out the menu prompt field cannot be empty, that's when you get this error as well. I used sip-silence to get past it.

Good postback 8-) ... does this mean you fixed it?

Re: Call Menu - Strange Error

PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2018 1:24 am
by dspaan
Yes, however still struggling to get my call menu setup to play a different greeting depending on time of day. :-)